The Otsu District Court in Otsu (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
OTSU The Otsu District Court handed a prison sentence to a convicted rapist who thought he would be spared severe punishment because he committed the crimes as a minor.
The 20-year-old former college student on Jan. 25 was sentenced to five years and six months imprisonment after being convicted of rape and attempted rape against four female high school students.
“The defendant repeatedly committed his crimes after targeting females who were walking alone, and he deserves to be strongly condemned,” Presiding Judge Naoko Omori said.
Prosecutors had demanded a six-year prison term for the crimes that he committed between September 2019 and September 2020 against the four victims, who were 15 to 16 years old.